Our work has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be part of it. We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. No matter where you work within the company, you’ll help provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.

Protective is seeking a Senior Director, Treasury & Capital Markets to help more people achieve the protection and security they deserve. In this role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across enterprise liquidity, funding, treasury infrastructure, and capital markets activities. This position is a great fit for an experienced treasury leader who excels at the intersection of strategy, execution, and enterprise partnerships.

Reporting to the Treasurer and partnering closely with Finance leadership, this role will also help shape the divisional strategy and execution for Stable Value Products. You will support liquidity resilience, capital efficiency, and balance sheet optimization across Protective’s holding company and insurance subsidiaries. The Senior Director of Treasury will lead key treasury operations, strengthen governance and controls, modernize processes and technology, and support funding and capital markets strategies that support long-term growth.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for someone with deep treasury expertise, strong judgment, and the ability to turn complexity into action—while living Protective’s values: do the right thing, serve people, build trust, and strive for better.

Key Responsibilities:
– Lead enterprise treasury operations, including liquidity management, funding execution, support for Stable Value Products, and debt capital markets strategy and activities.
– Oversee daily cash positioning, short-term investments, liquidity sourcing, intercompany funding flows, and treasury processes across multiple legal entities.
– Manage treasury governance, including bank account administration, signatory controls, access reviews, legal entity documentation, and compliance with regulatory and internal policies.
– Improve treasury infrastructure, automation, reporting, data integrity, and modernize processes to enhance efficiency, control, and scalability.
– Support and optimize institutional funding programs, including FHLB, FABN, commercial paper, revolving credit facilities, holding company debt, and related capital markets activities.
– Collaborate across ALM, Investments, FP&A, ERM, Accounting, Legal, and other enterprise teams to assess liquidity, capital, earnings, and risk tradeoffs that inform business planning and strategy.
– Represent Treasury with banks, investors, funding counterparties, rating agencies, regulators, and other key external stakeholders.
– Lead treasury integration planning and execution for acquisitions, legal entity changes, and other strategic transactions that affect treasury operations or organizational structure.
– Lead and develop treasury talent, strengthen operating discipline, and align team resources to enterprise priorities.
– Provide clear analysis, insights, and executive-level recommendations to support decision-making across Finance and senior leadership.

Core Competencies (Skills, Knowledge and Abilities):
– Strong expertise in enterprise liquidity management, funding structures, institutional liability products, and capital markets instruments.
– Solid understanding of financial, capital, accounting, and risk considerations relevant to insurance and broader financial services organizations.
– An enterprise mindset with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs across liquidity, capital, earnings, growth, and risk.
– Strategic thinking combined with strong operational discipline and a high standard of execution.
– Proven ability to lead through complexity in a highly regulated environment.
– Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder leadership across Finance and enterprise partners.
– Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, build credibility quickly, and effectively represent Treasury internally and externally.
– Strong skills in financial analysis, modeling, executive communication, and presentations.
– Intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and a problem-solving approach that turns complexity into practical action.
– Commitment to lead in a way that reflects Protective’s core values and people-first culture.

Required Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, risk management, or a related field.
– 7+ years of experience in corporate treasury, insurance finance, debt capital markets, asset/liability management, or a related financial services field.
– Demonstrated experience leading treasury operations, liquidity management, funding execution, or related capital markets activities.
– Experience working across multiple stakeholders and functions to drive strategic, enterprise-impact decisions.
– Proven ability to lead teams, manage priorities, and deliver results in a complex, regulated environment.
– Proficiency with Microsoft Office and relevant treasury, market, or analytical platforms such as Bloomberg or treasury management systems.
– Ability to travel periodically as required by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:
– Experience in the life insurance industry.
– CFA, CPA, CTP, CERA, or FRM designation, or progress toward completion.
– Experience supporting investor marketing, funding program development, or capital strategy in institutional markets.
– Experience leading treasury transformation, system enhancements, automation, or process improvement initiatives.
– Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, or legal entity restructurings affecting treasury operations.

Salary Range:
$135,000 – $170,000 per year. Protective’s targeted salary range for this position is $135,000 to $170,000. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as location, skills, and experience. This range is only one part of Protective’s total compensation package. The role may also include additional incentive opportunities based on individual and company performance.

Internal Title:
Sr. Director Treasury. #LI-AP1

Employee Benefits:
We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families through a broad benefits program. In addition to comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, we support emotional wellbeing with mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. Work/life balance matters, and Protective offers paid time off benefits such as paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day. We also support financial wellbeing through contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with company matching. Employees are encouraged to participate in ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s wellbeing platform, which helps improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards. Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by role based on plan terms.

Accommodations for Applicants with a Disability:
If you need an accommodation to complete the application and recruitment process due to a disability, email eric.hess@protective.com. This information will be kept confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application and recruitment process. Please note this email is only for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation. General employment questions should not be sent through this process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive workplace by attracting, retaining, and growing inclusive talent.